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But the time when IT was regarded as an expensive drain on the business has been replaced by an acceptance that IT can bring benefits to the business in terms of cost-savings, productivity gains and a competitive edge.

If Caris’s example is anything to go by, the relationship between IT and the business could be changing yet again, with the CIO taking a very different approach to business demands.

The IT landscape in most businesses already looks very different from five years ago.

We have been hearing for years how CIOs and senior IT professionals need to bury the hatchet with line of business managers and, instead of focusing on the latest bleeding-edge technology for its own sake, seek to better understand the overall strategic objectives of their organisations.